Measuring devices lead to disqualification for Irish duo at British Open

Two Irish internationals made history for the wrong reasons in the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship at Machynys Peninsula in South Wales yesterday.

Maria Dunne and Aedin Murphy became the first players to be disqualified in an LGU tournament for using distance-measuring devices in contravention of the event’s conditions and against local rules. They were only a few holes into their first qualifying rounds in separate three-ball matches when they used the devices — allowed in Ireland and in practice for the event — without thinking.

Both players were too distraught to talk about the incident but Susan Simpson of the LGU pointed out the rule was spelled out on a card issued to competitors at the time of registration.